Nigeria, May 12 -- Speaking in an interview with Arise News, monitored by The News Chronicle, Oshiomhole was reacting to his recent confrontation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio over an alleged refusal to allow him raise a point of order during a controversy surrounding amendments to the Senate Standing Orders.

He argued that proper legislative procedure requires that the presiding officer "divide the House" when necessary to ensure due process in amending standing rules.

Oshiomhole stressed that the incident was not personal, but a matter of principle aimed at safeguarding democratic practice in the Senate.

"There was nothing personal. I was only insisting on how things should be done so that no senator is treated as less impo...